Letters: Imbalance in spite of cliff

Why has it taken so long for Congress to deal with the fiscal cliff? We all know that we have to do something to balance our spending with our income.

Why has it taken so long for Congress to deal with the fiscal cliff? We all know that we have to do something to balance our spending with our income.

The bottom line is that it is getting harder to provide for a family's basic needs in America. Some low-income families are now having to live in homeless shelters because there is not enough low-income housing. In the last 15 years, the poorest 20 percent in our country have experienced a decline of income of more than 11 percent. Yet, the richest 5 percent have experienced an increase of more than 10 percent.

It appears that the rich are saying to the rest of the country that they will get richer regardless of how hard life is for the rest of the country.

Some folks
have forgotten that ALL of us -- except perhaps some of the 1 percenters -- are
only one illness, one accident, one job loss, one layoff from joining those the
right

9:46 a.m. Jan. 1, 2013

Top comment

Grover

Salt Lake City, UT

Red: The players on the Utah Jazz put fannies in the seats and as such they are
clearly worth what they are being paid. I don't recall the team ever
reporting a loss since the team has been here. The point of the letter is that
we are seeing
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